Hi, thought I'd share one of my poems.

The Line

Slowly drag
my feet
Does it mean I’m behind?
Does it mean I’m resigned to

always be
discrete
Am I worth anything?
Can I keep all my dreams, please?

There’s no-one else
back here
at the tail of the queue
Far away I can see you

So alone
I fear
Just my shadow behind
and at times it precedes me

Let me catch
my breath
Can I lower this guise
n’reveal my sad eyes, please?

Think I’ll stop
and rest
Carry on, walk away
I will catch up one day

And another. Forgive the lack of punctuation, when it comes to poems I tend to just keep things simple. They're not grammatically correct, not perfect, but ... they're mine. That's all that mattered at the time


Puppet

Dancing me
small child-like toy of your creation
dangle loosely in your arms
my eyes unmoving
no sensation

Gentle nudges
urge me forward
bring me life
bring me ovation

Oh so sweet — that taste of freedom
at your fingers
gently guiding

Sprinkling dust
your feathered touch
my life your pure imagination

Dangle loosely
shift momentum
in your arms, my eyes unmoving

Take my life
take all sensation
Your small toy of mis-creation

Shix they are excellent, i really like your structure and form! I especially like the line poem.

you use great imagery to portray your point, without losing it

Thanks Emily. I was just reading your poem The Poet and it again reaffirms my belief that poems are truly incredible creations. They're in some way like photographs. They preserve little moments in time, scenes, emotions that held our attention for a brief while. I guess there are certain people who pay attention to these things, these small moments, and preserve them whilst most other people just pass on by.

aw i don't think i deserve such praise, i'm a complete novice but thank you

Btw in your profile pic, is that John Hgys-Davis from sliders?

Yeah, I'm here in NZ where they filmed Lord Of The Rings and he played Gimli in that. I loved Sliders btw

A couple of love poems.


As Dreamers Do

When I lay beside you
I cannot dream
My eyes will close then open
just to see you breathe
To watch your body sigh
then rise again
To watch your eyelids hide
those precious gems —
conceal them from this fading light
My sweet, I cannot dream tonight

I trace ‘I love you’
on your upturned palm
Then run my hand along your arm
and gently touch your pretty face
You move
so that I near your lips
and sweetly kiss my hand
Your eyelids open briefly
and I’m lost again

You smile and draw me near and whisper,
‘Do as dreamers do’
I lean to you
and whisper in your ear,
‘I cannot dream tonight my dear,
for it is you’


EJC

A million eyes reflected
in the stillness, in the deepness
You sway your legs and watch them waver
in the gentlest pulse
We slip into the water
lose ourselves among the watchers
and look up to the heavens now
to see if we’re reflected
Words are barely spoken —
ripples dance upon the surface
You smile at me as I
look to the heavens look
to find our image
‘There we are’ I whisper
‘In the stillness, in the deep
In the presence of a million eyes
the universe complete’


EJC came from a dream and I actually wrote an entire scene into my story so I could use it So it's in my book, people I have and will never meet have read it and I find that ... i don't know, cool. That something I dreamt about has been conjured up in the minds of complete strangers who have read that poem in my book.